<em>Female Head</em>, 3rd century C.E. Clay, pigment, 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.310. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Female Head

Medium: Clay, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:3rd century C.E.

Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (7.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 16.310

Image: CUR.16.310_NegA_print_bw.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Terra cotta female head apparently from a statuette. Braided hair surmounted by headdress. Subject unidentified. Cast solid in two part mould. Condition: Poor features; badly worn. Casting of poor quality. Extensive remains of white pigment over entire surface. Faint traces of blue pigment on headdress.

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